There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

A woman keeps her kitchen like her heart: Well stocked and labelled and shelved, with lots of air and light, spick and span and filled with love

What can I say? Death is messy. And she had it coming.

Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked.

Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.

All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for color. But drawing is always my notation.

On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose.

Winter was nothing but a season of snow; spring, allergies; and summer...It was the worst. That was swimsuit season.

Disordered love always leads to misery and breakdown. The only way to 'reorder' our loves is to love God supremely.

I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order to be saved.